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Monday, January 15, 2018

Events in My Family Tree: January 15

My cousin Beatrice Swain might have liked Capricorn men. Her first husband, James Armstrong, was born January 13, and her second husband (below), Ralph Brickel, was born January 15.

Births

Catharine Kulp was born January 15, 1773. She was married to Abraham Sellers, son of John Leonard Sellers and Barbara, who is my 1st cousin 6x removed.

Hannah Gaunt, daughter of Jacob Gaunt and Hannah Holmes, was born January 15, 1806 in Ohio. She is my 1st cousin 5x removed.

Harriet Sellers, daughter of John Leonard Sellers and Elizabeth Wenger, was born January 15, 1843 in Allen or Auglaize County, Ohio. She is my 3rd cousin 4x removed.

Mercedes de Mederos, daughter of Thomas Mederos and Mercedes Cabanas, was born January 15, 1895 in Cuba. She was married to Francis Travis Coxe, son of Marcellus Coxe and Florence Sellers, who is my 5th cousin 2x removed.

Ralph Brickel was born January 15, 1916. He was the second husband of Beatrice Ruth Anna Swain, daughter of Thomas Daniel Swain and Rachel Anna Armstrong, who is my 1st cousin 2x removed through the Armstrongs.

Anita Rose Allen, daughter of Raymond Charles Allen and Elizabeth Ray, was born January 15, 1952. She is my 5th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.

Debra Jane Gaunt, daughter of Irwin Wilson Gaunt and Shirley Ann Freck, was born January 15, 1957. She is my 6th cousin.

Joel Baylin was born January 15, 1988 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is my 3rd cousin through my Gorodetsky line.

Shannon Nicole Preisner was also born January 15, 1988, but in San Diego, San Diego County, California. She is the grandniece of my aunt Mary McStroul.

Marriages

Guy Edward Allen and Anna Dziewa were married on January 15, 1983. Guy, son of Clarence Allen and Grace Stagnato, is my 5th cousin once removed.

Deaths

Joseph Mack, son of Jacob Mack and Catharine Longanecker, died Jnuary 15, 1909 at the age of 78 in Pennsylvania. He is my 3rd cousin 4x removed on my Sellers line thorugh the Macks.

Anna Schwartz, daughter of Joseph Schwartz and Frieda, died January 15, 2004 at the age of 100. She was married to Hyman Gordon, son of Victor Gordon and Esther Leah Schneiderman, who is my great-granduncle.

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I am passionate about genealogy. I love researching my own family and everyone else's, and I will happily talk your ear off about the information I have found. I like fitting all the pieces together and figuring out which people belong to which families. I also love to find the stories behind the people and learn as much as I can about why they did what they did. I look at the historical context around the people I research.

I am lucky enough to do what I love for a living. I am a professional genealogist who specializes in
Jewish, black, forensic, and newspaper research. I am also active as a volunteer in the genealogy community. I edit two genealogy publications: ZichronNote, journal of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish
Genealogical Society (SFBAJGS); and The California Nugget, from the California Genealogical Society. I am the programming and publicity director for SFBAJGS, and a former board member of Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy, African American Genealogical Society of Northern California, and California State Genealogical Alliance. I have been on the staff of an LDS Family History Center since 2000; I am currently at the Gresham (Oregon) FHC.

I am a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy, Genealogical
Speakers Guild, and California Genealogical Society. Before
becoming a professional genealogist, I worked in publishing for
many years as an editor, indexer, translator, and compositor.

When not involved in genealogy or publishing, I love singing, cooking, needlework, gardening, historical reenactment, and painting small miniatures. Way back when, I was in the USC Marching Band (The Greatest Marching Band in the History of the Universe) for five years (I've performed at two Super Bowl halftime shows and one World Series game, and I can be seen in "The Naked Gun"), one of the best experiences of my life.